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- ghandolf0
"Wireless speakers are the holy grail."
Amen.I've actually been playing around with this, without a solution yet, for a while now. These were supposed to come onto the market a couple of years ago.
http://www.househacker.com/perma…Then according to this, they vanished...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_…This looks promising, though I've not tried it, nor can I find a price yet. I looked for a dealer in my area ("Where To Buy") and it seems to be handled by only 'high-end' home theater companies in my area. Looks like it might do the trick though...
http://www.control4.com/cp/80-AA…Currently I'm using Vibestreamer sometimes, which is the bomb, but you have to pick and choose the songs you want to listen to, and save play lists. Once set up though, it works over your network or over the web and has worked for me, without fail, from hotels around the world. And it's free! There's also a hack available that allows you to download songs (not just stream) from anywhere in the world - access your drive (networked or not) and download it.
http://www.vibestreamer.com/I also at times, Shoutcast Broadcast. A little more intense to set up, but it streams my already generated play lists (from WinAmp) from my home, or from just upstairs. I usually travel with my laptop which is why I use this, so I don't have to travel with my drive(s). It plays right through Media Player or WinAmp as a stream.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHO…http://www.shoutcast.com/downloa…
The issues with these two are you need a computer at each end. Even an old laptop downstairs hooked into my amplifier, means I need two computers. (C'mon Wireless WiFi Speakers). I would like to be able to just connect to some wireless speakers over my network without using a computer. So, a few years ago, I tried one of these...
A Netgear MP101 http://www.dansdata.com/mp101.ht… and it completely frustrated me so I stopped using it. According to the article, there is new firmware and software (that I don't have yet) that addresses many of the problems. However... it wants to see the music on your computer, not on an attached network drive, like I have mine.
I have also successfully controlled WinAmp, on my upstairs computer, using my iTouch and VNSea, while it streamed music. It’s literally a wireless remote to my PC upstairs. I haven't got this all worked out yet... but it amazes me that you still can't connect to reliable, wireless, wi-fi speakers.
Oh, what a world....
- Thank god this thread isn't about wireless speakers.monospaced